Glide



July 13 1926.

' M. NYSTROM GLIDE Filed Dec. 31, 1923 Patented duly 13,",1926.

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MARTIN NYSTROM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOIt TO THE BRUNSWICK-BALE- CQLLENDER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COBEOR ATION OF DELAWARE.

GLIDE.

The object of the invention is to make a glide or tip for furniture of comparatively light material, and so that it can be applied to the furniture without striking or deforming the body portion thereof, which makes bearing contact with the floor.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a selected embodiment of the invention i Fig. l is a sectional view of the glide;

Figs. 2 and 3 show the-"glide applied to a furniture leg;

Fig. 4 shows a tool, partly in section, for applying the glide to a furniture leg.

Referring to the drawing the glide comprises a generallyconvex body 5 having a plurality of prongs 6 integrally connected with the body, but offset outwardly therefrom by shoulders 7 so that the prongs lie in a circular plane outside of the circular plane through the perimeter of the body. The shoulders project outwardly a substan tial distance from the perimeter of the body to receive a tool 8 having a recess 9 to receive the body, and an annular rim 10 to engage the shoulders'of all of the prongs on the glide. A blow applied to the tool will be transmitted through the shoulders to drive the prongs into the furniture leg 11 without deforming or in any way injuring the body of the glide. In fact the recess provides a suflicient clearance between the tool and the body of the glideso that no part ofthe blow will be applied directly to the body, and hence deformation or other injury to the body which might result from a direct application of the blow thereto is entirely avoided. I have shown the body of the glide flattened to provide an extended bearing surface 12 for contact with the floor, as a desirable construction, but I may make this body convex throughout if desired.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that my improved glide may be made of comparatively light material because no part of the blow which is required to fasten the glide to a furniture leg is applied directly to the body, and therefore the body is not in danger of being deformed or mutilated while the glide is being applied. This is because the blow is applied to the shoulders of the prongs beyond the perimeter of the body, and since the blow is applied in the direction of the length of the prongs from the shoulder'to the point thereof the prongs will be driven easily and neatly into the end of the leg to securely apply the of light material, it will constitute an efii cient and entirely satisfactory tip or bearingisurface for the leg in contact with the floor and will not become deformed or mutilated in any ordinary usage. noted that the body 5 is bent so that the perimeter which comes in contact with the end of the leg 11 consists of the edge of the body, and that this edge lies in the same plane as the shoulders 7 so that the edge and -the shoulders together form a bearing for the glide against the leg.

My invention is simple in character, but it enables efficient glides to be made of lighter metal than has been customary heretofore, at correspondingly less cost, and also provides for' applying the glides to furni-' ture in a simple. manner and without damaging the body'of the glide.

It may be desirable to vary from the precise form and construction and proportion of parts illustrated in what I now consider the preferred form of my invention to adapt it to different conditions or for other reasons, and I reserve the right to'make all such changes as fall within the scope of the following claim:

I claim: A glide cavo-convex for furniture comprising a conbody having the peripheral edge of the body in a single plane and constituting a bearing for engagement with the end of a furniture leg, there being a plurality of integral and substantially radial shoulders extending outwardly from the said'bearing edge, the upper face of each shoulder being flush with the peripheral bearing edge of the body, and a fastening prong integral with each shoulder and rising from the. outer end thereof and lying entirely beyond the outer periphery of the body, .said shoulders constituting driving heads for the prongs.

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